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Some folks ranked fictional detectives by their ability to solve the Kira case & figure out the mechanics of the Death Note
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What about the Drew Crew?
What about Castle and Beckett?
What about Reno Raines (Renegade)? Yes, yes, he's a bounty hunter but...could Lorenzo Lamas catch Kira?
What about Castle and Beckett?
What about Reno Raines (Renegade)? Yes, yes, he's a bounty hunter but...could Lorenzo Lamas catch Kira?
Angel would figure out the death note, solve the case, and would survive because he's already dead.
Charlie from Always Sunny gets a page somehow, spends the entire episode almost killing everyone by mistake but nobody dies thanks to his severe dyslexia.
Light writes Missile's name in the death note, but watches confused at how nothing is actually able to kill the dog, until the death note just gives up.
Yeah, Battler could solve it, I'm not sure why he's placed where he is.
Considering Phoenix Wright is surrounded by supernatural stuff, he'd probably figure out how it worked eventually with his signature bullshiting technique.
More masterpieces to this thread :kanna:
Criminals are dying off worldwide at an unprecedented rate, often with very similar causes of death (heart attacks). The weapon being used is a magical notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it so long as the writer has their face in mind. 40 seconds later the person dies by the specified method, if no method is specified then they die of a heart attack.
While it would be pretty clear that the deaths aren't a coincidence and you could probably figure out that the people dying all have their identities broadcasted, it would take a lot for most people to make the leap that this is the work of a supernatural weapon and not some sort of other scientific method.
Yeah, this will be the main problem for most detectives.
Light himself isn't too hard to figure out, his ego gets the better of him fast and consistently, it's just the supernatural element will be outside what many are used to.
I agree that Gus is unkillable thanks to Shawn, because Kira wastes pages writing down (my favorite ones anyway) names like:
Lavendar Gooms
Big Baby Burton
Bighead Burton
Homeskillet
Gus T.T. Showbiz
Ovaltine Jenkins
Tan
Hummingbird Saltalamacchia
The Jackal (You heard about Pluto? That's messed up.)
Lavendar Gooms
Big Baby Burton
Bighead Burton
Homeskillet
Gus T.T. Showbiz
Ovaltine Jenkins
Tan
Hummingbird Saltalamacchia
The Jackal (You heard about Pluto? That's messed up.)
Shawn also gets two free lives because Light spells his name as "Sean Spencer" and "Shaun Spencer" and kills two random people by mistake.
Where does this person rank?
gwern.net
Death Note: L, Anonymity & Eluding Entropy
<p>Applied Computer Science: On Murder Considered As STEM Field—using information theory to quantify the magnitude of Light Yagami’s mistakes in <em>Death Note</em> and considering fixes</p>
gwern.net
Lupin would issue a public challenge to Kira that he can steal his unknown killing weapon. Light would try and fail to kill Lupin by writing "Arsène Lupin III" and become frustrated as he doesn't know whether the first name is wrong or if Lupin really has been hiding his real face under a mask the whole time. Zenigata would try and interfere out of personal pride that Lupin might be killed by a common murderer. Lupin would suss out clues about Kira by using body doubles, masks, and fake names to determine how the Death Note works.
Eventually Light would threaten Fujiko and Jigen in order to manipulate Lupin into giving himself up to him, but then Light would realize their names aren't real either; next tries to kill Goemon, but is frustrated by his full name having an bizarre archaic kanji spelling. He ends up settling on threatening the life of Zenigata himself, who has managed to work out all of the same things about Kira that Lupin has, purely so he can catch Lupin (he doesn't care about Kira at all). Lupin would spring into action with a plan to give himself up and fake his own death with a drug while wearing a phony "real face" mask. The entire thing would be a trap that's an even more elaborate version of the L. Lind Taylor trick that allows Lupin's friends to find Light and corner him.
A grieving Zenigata would be shocked as the dead Lupin suddenly wakes up and runs away, and Lupin would lead Zenigata into crashing through Light's ceiling right on top the Death Note, which allows Zenigata to see Ryuk and arrest Light immediately while Lupin escapes. Zenigata sees a rule in the Death Note that its powers are negated if the owner is captured by the law, and the case is closed. It cuts to Lupin and the gang driving away, as Lupin pulls out the real Death Note... and remarks that it's not his style as he burns it up with a lighter.
I like the idea that the absurd chain of slapstick events that happens to Nordberg at the beginning of the first naked gun film, could be written into the death note as his actions before the heart attack, just imagining Light jotting down "and then he puts his hand on WET PAINT!"
Later Light makes the mistake of writing Enrico Pallazzo into the death note and wondering why Drebin wont die
"What have you got for us Ted?"
"Just a second chief, before Ted starts, have you got a pen?"
"oh, here you go Frank"
*Drebin starts scrawling on a piece of paper*
"well we managed to find a scrap of evidence, a mysterious page with one of the recent victim's name on it, this could be the break we've been looking for, now where did I put that, it was right here on the evidence table..."
"Oh sorry Ted, I just had to quickly note down which members of the department had a birthday this month on this scrap paper before I forget, you know how I am at remembering things, fortunately I can recall their faces clearly in my mind, like Officer Edmond Knox..."
*man in the background suddenly dies of a heart attack*
"and Bill Anderson"
*Another man goes down clutching their chest*
And who could forget the pride of the team, Grant Nowles"
*a third man in the background stands terrified...only for a few seconds to pass with nothing bad happening*
"Frank, you made a mistake there, it's spelt Knowles like this...."
*third man collapses*
"Thanks Ed, I've got a great gift idea to celebrate the birth of his son..."
Later Light makes the mistake of writing Enrico Pallazzo into the death note and wondering why Drebin wont die
"What have you got for us Ted?"
"Just a second chief, before Ted starts, have you got a pen?"
"oh, here you go Frank"
*Drebin starts scrawling on a piece of paper*
"well we managed to find a scrap of evidence, a mysterious page with one of the recent victim's name on it, this could be the break we've been looking for, now where did I put that, it was right here on the evidence table..."
"Oh sorry Ted, I just had to quickly note down which members of the department had a birthday this month on this scrap paper before I forget, you know how I am at remembering things, fortunately I can recall their faces clearly in my mind, like Officer Edmond Knox..."
*man in the background suddenly dies of a heart attack*
"and Bill Anderson"
*Another man goes down clutching their chest*
And who could forget the pride of the team, Grant Nowles"
*a third man in the background stands terrified...only for a few seconds to pass with nothing bad happening*
"Frank, you made a mistake there, it's spelt Knowles like this...."
*third man collapses*
"Thanks Ed, I've got a great gift idea to celebrate the birth of his son..."
Yeah it's such a riot, and the mini fanfictions are sending me haha
This is perfection. To the extent that I could pretty much see the episode playing out in my head.
You are the champion and I leave satisfied,
I love the idea of Detective Pikachu giving this a shot. He's interviewing Light, b ut all Light hears is "pika pika pikachu chu chu pikachu!"
Goes nowhere.
Goes nowhere.
New challengers (because I can't see them if they're on the grid, though they may be on there and I'm just tired):
Jake Peralta - I think top left. He'd intuit the mechanics, realise it's dumb but go ahead with it anyway out of competition with Amy or Rosa to prove that there actually is a kid with a magic diary killing criminals. He would then be utterly shocked when he's right.
Lucifer - Top left quadrant easy. Probably already aware of the existence of Death Notes.
Luthor - I reckon he ends up bottom right. Gets on Light's case but dies before figuring it out properly.
Jake Peralta - I think top left. He'd intuit the mechanics, realise it's dumb but go ahead with it anyway out of competition with Amy or Rosa to prove that there actually is a kid with a magic diary killing criminals. He would then be utterly shocked when he's right.
Lucifer - Top left quadrant easy. Probably already aware of the existence of Death Notes.
Luthor - I reckon he ends up bottom right. Gets on Light's case but dies before figuring it out properly.
I need to rewatch Columbo..
Edgeworth would probably be killed even before he takes the case. He's a very famous and infamous Chief Prosecutor. He's 100% the type of person that Light would kill to satisfy his god complex & warped morals. Especially the second Edgeworth got involved.
That's probably how Phoenix & co get involved. Edgeworth is murdered and they have to solve the case. The only issue is that there would need to be some kind of bullshit to stop Light from using the Death Note. Like the magatama blocks the Death Note but only for exactly the same 3 days as a court trial lol
Ryuk is absolutely TERRIFIED of people from Kurain and warns Maya as soon as Light starts investigating them. He just happens to be a dick about it and won't tell her Light's name.
1. Nancy Drew could intuit the Death Note but not solve the case
2. The Winchesters would be able to see Ryuk, kill him, and burn the Death Note and it would be over in 40 minutes.
Scooby would be able to see Ryuk and tell the gang about him, and no one knows their full names so they would be safe
"Listen Light, I hate Kurain. I'll let you use the death note again, but only after you avoid a guilty verdict for 3 days"
Light: "3 days? That'll be child's play"
"Yeah, just be happy I'm giving you a handicap and not giving the other guy 7 years. Because oh boy"
Light: "what?"
I see no flaw in this assessment.
We all thought the opening credits were a fun peek at an author writing light mystery novels. Turns out, we were actually watching her commit mass murder.
I love this so much. That's just perfect Ace Attorney right there.
The three day trials is probably the biggest point against Phoenix- it's must not a lot of time for him to put together a case like this, and Phoenix isn't even going to tackle this case unless he's defending someone, he doesn't detective things for the heck of it. Once he is in the case he probably figures out it's Light very quickly- dude is a walking Psyche-Lock.
How efficiently he leverages Spirit Channeling could be a huge cheat code for him though- if he can get Maya or Pearl to start channeling people who don't fix the mold of Light's usual victims- those killed because they were threats to Light? He might just pull it off then.
If he does manage to go into court with most of the answers, and manages to drag Light to the stand, he probably has things on lock at that point, because, tale as old as time, Phoenix is unassuming enough and Light is arrogant enough that Light probably won't realize Phoenix is on to him until he's on the stand- at which point he has no opportunity to write his name in the Death Note unsupervised.
Pressure mounts until Light incriminates himself utterly. Cue breakdown scene where a maddened, exposed Light tries desperately to write Phoenix's name into his Death Note, witnesses be damned, but with such nervous force that the lead on his mechanical pencil keeps breaking as soon as he puts it to paper, Light growing increasingly frustrated until finally- he writes it down…. And nothing happens. He misspelled it "Phoenix Right". He passes out from the shock of hearing the judge swing his gavel, which to him sounds as loud as a thunderstrike.
Angel has a name and Light could easily come up with a varity of ways to kill a vampire stake, beheading, fire ect not seeing this angle.
Angel has a name and Light could easily come up with a varity of ways to kill a vampire stake, beheading, fire ect not seeing this angle.
Wright: Light, do you know anything about the Kira case?
Light: No.
*Giant Pyshcelock appears
Light: (Shit he's on to me, I'll just write his name and tell to just go jump off a bridge)
Phoenix Wright survies with a minor cold